[SOLVED] Can RAM speed affect performance in terms of FPS

[Psycho381]

4 years ago I bought 3 ram sticks when I knew nothing about PCs in general (each 16gb 2133Mhz).
And now I know that I absolutely don't need 48 GB of ram memory, but at the time, I got 3 of them at the price of 2 which seemed like a good deal.
However, I had no clue that 2133Mhz is very low. Will this Ram speed affect my FPS in modern games, and if so, by how much?

 

[kerberos_20]

That isn't even for the kit in question, since that is a 4GB x2 kit, but I'll admit it is the first time I've seen a Ripjaws kit that did not list an XMP profile regardless of whether it was within JEDEC spec or not when it came to it's advertised speeds, voltage and timings. Not sure why you think that page is any less "templated" than the product specific page I linked to, but whatever. As I said, it's fully moot at this point.

yes its not exactly same, but its closest to it, just capacity difference

here better comparison then

thats from those sticks, features is empty

now if we look at some other sticks from ripjaws series clocked to 3200MHz
they show something else under features

 

[Darkbreeze]

Looks like I stand corrected on THAT issue. I had honestly never noticed before that the initial entry level ripjaws did not have an XMP profile. At least, not on DDR4 I didn't. Probably my own fault, as I'm not sure that any of the kits I've purchased for builds since DDR4 was released have ever BEEN 2133mhz, which of course was only the default at the extreme beginning of DDR4 support. Because it looks like everything that is 2400mhz or higher DOES have an XMP 2.0 profile in the Ripjaws 5 series at least. Not going to go through all of them to satisfy my curiosity but seems you got me on that one which is pretty surprising, the fact of not having the profile, not that you got me on it, actually. LOL.

 

[SkyNetRising]

But it IN NO WAY does not mean a kit does not have an XMP profile and G.Skill SPECIFICALLY states that it has been tested at the XMP/EXPO configuration.

DDR4 2133mhz doesn't require XMP. It doesn't require 1.35V voltage.
This is standard JEDEC spec. Runs on standard 1.2V.

 

[Darkbreeze]

Yes, we established that part a long time ago and it was never in question that the specs for the kit were within JEDEC guidelines. I've said it like 8 times now.

 

[Psycho381]

Well found a seemingly better ram to buy for 10dollars difference, just not sure would everything be stable with my MB/CPU.
Ram I found
My mb: Data sheet edit: I mean it supports up to 4000 (OC) and this ram is spot on 4000, or im better of with 3600 (for stability, or smth like that)
My cpu: cpu info
Ty in advance

 

[Bob.B]

Well found a seemingly better ram to buy for 10dollars difference, just not sure would everything be stable with my MB/CPU.
Ram I found
My mb: Data sheet edit: I mean it supports up to 4000 (OC) and this ram is spot on 4000, or im better of with 3600 (for stability, or smth like that)
My cpu: cpu info
Ty in advance

Try it see what it does be prepared to return it.

 

[Psycho381]

Try it see what it does be prepared to return it.

I would order it from amazon, and I had few really bad experiences with returning stuff from Middle East to US, long story short I return the product and get no refund, unless I bought directly from amazon. So I would not risk buying smth unless there is a high chance that the product will work great.

 

[Bob.B]

I would order it from amazon, and I had few really bad experiences with returning stuff from Middle East to US, long story short I return the product and get no refund, unless I bought directly from amazon. So I would not risk buying smth unless there is a high chance that the product will work great.

Your best chance of success is to use ram that the mobo maker has tested.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z370-A-PRO/support#mem

 

[Psycho381]

Your best chance of success is to use ram that the mobo maker has tested.

https://www.msi.com/Motherboard/Z370-A-PRO/support#mem

Thank you, what does SIDED section mean on this page. I ll probably go with 3600mhz.
or.... which is better 3200mhz cl16 or 3600mhz cl18? if I had to take a guess probably higher frequency but im not very experienced with those things

 

[Bob.B]

Thank you, what does SIDED section mean on this page. I ll probably go with 3600mhz.
or.... which is better 3200mhz cl16 or 3600mhz cl18? if I had to take a guess probably higher frequency but im not very experienced with those things

Sided.....single sided has chips on one side of the ram stick.

Dual has chips on both sides

Speed?
3200 vs 3600.....flip a coin.
It probably depends on what kind of stuff you run.
I'd go with the 3200 cl16.